Medicinal use Bark decoction is used to treat urine infection and stomach pain.

Propagation and Storage

Season of collection

Flowering and fruiting season in January- June

Seedling season: May to August

How to grow it?

Firmiana colorata is pollinated by a wide variety of insects and self-propagation. Mechanical dispersal could be carried out by barochory (dispersal of seeds by gravity). It can be raised either from stem cuttings or fresh seeds

Method of storage

Bark is not stored. It is used directly from the tree whenever required. Seeds does not well hence should be sown as soon as possible.

Other uses

The bark yeils fibre which used for making ropes

In Chittagong Hill Tracts, bark and root juice mixed with goat milk is given in jaundice by the Marma tribe (Yusuf et al.2009).